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General News of Thursday, 28 January 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Coronavirus: We may lockdown the country again if citizens fail to comply - FG

Country continues to record high cases of the virus Country continues to record high cases of the virus

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on coronavirus has warned that a possible lockdown will emerge should citizens continue to neglect the safety protocols

Speaking to The Nation in an interview on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, in Abuja, National Incident Manager of PTF, Dr Muthtay Muhammed stated that the lockdown would be enforced again if the current rise in infections fail to decrease.

“Lockdowns help to minimise people’s movements and it’s very effective because if you don’t go out or if you reduce the degree of your movement, you’ll also reduce the risk of getting infection.

Lockdown is not completely out of the table, we are monitoring the numbers, we are monitoring the statistics across the country and where necessary we’ll have to take severe measures.

For now, the PTF is very much aware of the hardship that lockdown brings along, particularly for low-income earners, for small businesses, for people who have to go out daily to get their daily bread, so we are doing everything possible not to have a total lockdown in the country, but for us not to reach that stage, we have to ensure that people take responsibility,” he said.